Windows XP

Changing Windows XP Process Priority 0

Changing Windows XP Process Priority

Running many programs at the same time on a PC is one of the benefits of modern computing. This does mean that each single program needs to share CPU time with all the other programs. If you need a program to get more processing power, you can change the process priority.

Automatically Kill Hanging Applications in Windows XP 1

Automatically Kill Hanging Applications in Windows XP

Haning applications is a fact of life. Depending on your PC configuration and the type of applications you use, occasionally you will experience a hanging application. In most cases terminating and restarting the application is the only way out. But if this happens a lot, why not tell Windows XP to automatically do this?

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Turn Off Windows Active Desktop

Active Desktop is a nice Windows feature that allows you to have web content on your desktop. Indeed a nice feature, but unfortunately not something that benefits computer stability. It requires that the web...

Prevent Windows Activation after Reinstall 3

Prevent Windows Activation after Reinstall

Performance problems or other Windows errors can be difficult to deal with. As a last result you might choose to reinstall Windows XP. One of the problems of reinstalling Windows is that it needs to be activated again. But there is a way to preserve your activation file and use it on the new installation.

Disable Windows Encryption 0

Disable Windows Encryption

Security and personalization of the Windows operating system is getting more and more attention. Windows encryption is one such example. But if you are a single user of a PC at home, you might not need the Windows encryption functionality. So disable it so it will not affect your PC performance negatively.